Starting July 3, Civic Center Station in downtown Denver will be closed for one year to allow crews to finish the $26 million renovation of one of the busiest and most high-profile bus transit hubs in the Regional Transportation District system.

Officials say once the rehabilitation project is finished, Civic Center Station will be a state-of-the-art transit hub to complement Union Station and will provide “improved connections and convenience for RTD passengers,” RTD said.

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Mortensen Construction will take on the rebuilding of the facility, at Broadway and Colfax. The construction firm was awarded the contract for the renovation this spring.

Civic Center Station serves 18 routes and sees an average of 15,000 passengers daily. During the closure, bus routes from Civic Center Station will be assigned temporary bus gates along Broadway and Lincoln Street.

The station also serves as the endpoint for the 16th Street MallRide and the MetroRide.

But the 30-year-old station is showing its age, and RTD began planning for its renovation in 2011.

Passengers using routes 90L, 122X, FF4 and R/RC/RX will board buses on Lincoln between 17th Avenue and Colfax Avenue.

A number of Longmont's neighboring communities have joined or are expected to join the city's latest move to try to pressure the Regional Transportation District to proceed with providing some level of passenger rail service to Longmont, according to Mayor Brian Bagley.